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Lot 142

A silver and copper-inlaid brass vase depicting dervishes
Syria, circa 1900

26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,657.50 inc. premium

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A silver and copper-inlaid brass vase depicting dervishes
Syria, circa 1900

of inverted piriform on a short foot with flaring neck,
engraved and decorated in silver and copper inlay with dervishes and domed mosques, inscriptions and minarets, inscription-filled cartouches and vegetal interlace
31.5 cm.

Footnotes

Inscriptions: sayings and invocations, innama [a]l-a'mal bi ['l]-niyyat, 'Verily, actions (are judged) by motives'; a hadith of the Prophet, al-istiqamah 'ayn al-karamah, 'Integrity is a mark of excellence', ra's al-hikmah fakhamat allah, 'Beginning of wisdom is fearing God'; invocations to God, ya hadi!, 'O Guide!, 'ya hafiz!, 'O Preserver!, 'ya wahhab!, 'O Bestower!'.

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